by Katie Wolpert Barely one week after they tapped three maple trees, the third grade class at Junior Elementary school feasted on pancakes dressed with a quart of their very own maple syrup. Principal Ashley Workman flipped the griddle cakes and school cook Miss Dee Dee warmed the syrup. Mrs. Sweet (Yes, that’s truly her […]

by Katie Wolpert Mark Wenzler is an environmental advocacy lawyer who works for the non-profit National Parks Conservation Association in Washington, D.C. His work takes him to spectacular wild places from Alaska, to California, Montana and Maine, but West Virginia and Spruce Knob hold a special place in his heart.  Twenty years ago when Mark […]

by Jackie Lambert and Katie Wolpert One of our mantras at Experience Learning is that, “It doesn’t have to be fun to be fun.” All sorts of activities feel like fun when we work together as a group to accomplish them and they make a difference in the world, or make us feel strong or […]

The Patch Project is gathering stories about the way that your time with Experience Learning affects your life in your community. I will take home so much, including my new love for appreciating those that I care about and my new complete amazement at how beautiful our home is. Something I learned and will take […]

The High Camp Society was established in 2017 to create a solid foundation for the future growth of Experience Learning. The financial contributions from our High Camp Society allow us to focus on our mission and developing the most effective programs to reach more kids each and every year. by Katie Wolpert Marianne was born and […]

by Katie Wolpert Our organizational memory alerted me of the first class course that we ever ran: a 1974 Potomac River trip with a class from Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, WV. I spoke with Heidi Arnett (nee Mailloux) and Harriet Collins (nee Holtzworth), the only two women in the class of a dozen […]